A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
amboceptor
amboceptor
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of hemolysin
amorphotae
amphiaster
amphiaster
noun
(biology) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
amphithere
amphithere
noun
(heraldry) A type of winged serpent
amphithura
amphithyra
amphitrite
amphitrite
noun
Any polychaete worm of the genus Amphitrite.
amphitryon
amphorette
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
amphoterus
amyotrophy
amyotrophy
noun
(pathology) atrophy of muscles
antepartum
antepartum
adj
Describing the period before childbirth; antenatal
antiprimer
apartments
apartments
noun
plural of apartment
apochromat
apochromat
noun
(optics) A kind of lens corrected for chromatic and spherical aberration.
archoptoma
armipotent
armipotent
adj
(obsolete) Powerful in battle.
noun
(poetic, archaic) A powerful combatant.
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
atmosphere
atmosphere
noun
(figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment.
(figuratively) The conditions (such as music, illumination etc.) that can influence the mood felt in an environment.
(television, film, uncountable) Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.
A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)
The air in a particular place.
The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
atropamine
atropinism
atropinism
noun
atropine poisoning
attempered
attempered
adj
Having a moderate temperament; sober.
Modified by admixture; well blended.
Of a moderate temperature; mild.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attemper
attempters
attempters
noun
plural of attempter
autocamper
autocamper
noun
One who travels (by automobile) to stay at an autocamp.
bitemporal
bitemporal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or joining the two temporal bones
campestral
campestral
adj
Relating to open fields or uncultivated land.
camphorate
camphorate
adj
camphoric
noun
(chemistry) Any salt of camphoric acid.
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with camphor.
campimeter
campimeter
noun
A device used to measure a person's field of vision
campimetry
campimetry
noun
perimetry
campmaster
campmaster
noun
The person in charge of a camp.
carpostome
carpostome
noun
(biology) The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged
cetomorpha
champertor
champertor
noun
(law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his or her own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.
chromatype
chromatype
noun
Alternative form of chromotype
compactors
compactors
noun
plural of compactor
compacture
compacture
noun
(obsolete) The fact of being closely put together; compact nature or structure.
companator
comparator
comparator
noun
(computing) An application or program that compares prices, rates, tariffs of flights, smartphones, cars, etc.
(law) anything that serves comparison
An electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data.
Any device for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard.
comparting
comparting
verb
present participle of compart
compartner
compartner
noun
Obsolete form of copartner.
compatriot
compatriot
adj
Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
noun
Somebody from one's own country.
compearant
compearant
noun
(Scotland, law) A person who appears in court.
compilator
compilator
noun
One who compiles something.
compotator
compotator
noun
One who drinks (alcoholic beverages) with another; a fellow drinker.
comprobate
comprobate
verb
(obsolete) To agree; to concur.
cormophyta
cryptogame
cryptogame
noun
Alternative form of cryptogam
cryptogamy
cryptogamy
noun
The condition of being a cryptogam.
cryptogamic botany.
cryptogram
cryptogram
noun
(games) A type of word puzzle in which text encoded by a simple cipher is to be decoded.
Encrypted text.
cryptonema
department
department
noun
(historical) A military subdivision of a country
(in a university) One of the divisions of instructions
(obsolete) Act of departing; departure.
(often in proper names) One of the principal divisions of executive government
A distinct course of life, action, study, or the like.
A part, portion, or subdivision.
A specified aspect or quality.
A territorial division; a district; especially, in France, one of the districts into which the country is divided for governmental purposes, similar to a county in the UK and in the USA. France is composed of 101 départements organized in 18 régions, each department is divided into arrondissements, in turn divided into cantons.
dermaptera
dermatopsy
dermopathy
dermopathy
noun
(pathology) disease of the skin
dermoptera
diatropism
diatropism
noun
(biology) The growth or movement of a plant or animal in a direction perpendicular to a stimulus.
(organic chemistry) An orthogonal arrangement of groups of atoms within a molecule, often associated with aromaticity.
The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of dissimilarity from early childhood protective and parental figures.
diparentum
disparatum
embioptera
emmetropia
emmetropia
noun
The condition of perfect vision, where images are correctly brought to a focus on the retina.
emphractic
emphractic
adj
(medicine) Having the quality of closing the pores of the skin.
emplastrum
entrapment
entrapment
noun
(chemistry) A method of isolating specific cells or molecules from a mixture, especially by immobilization on a gel.
(law) Action by law enforcement personnel to lead an otherwise innocent person to commit a crime, in order to arrest and prosecute that person for the crime.
The state of being entrapped.
enwrapment
enwrapment
noun
A wrapper or envelope.
The act of enwrapping.
ephraimite
ephraimite
Noun
An of the tribal patriarch a member of the tribe purportedly descended from him, or an inhabitant of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (930–720 B.C.), in which the tribe of Ephraim was preëminent.
epithermal
epithermal
adj
(geology) Describing deposits of minerals formed from warm water at shallow depth
(physics) Describing neutrons of kinetic energy greater than that of thermal motion
epitomator
epitomator
noun
An epitomist
escarpment
escarpment
noun
A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
extemporal
extemporal
adj
(archaic) Extemporaneous.
foretopman
foretopman
noun
(nautical) A sailor who controls the masts in the foretop.
gamotropic
haptometer
haptometer
noun
An instrument for measuring sensitivity to touch, by adding and removing weights that produce pressure.
hemipteral
hemipteral
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipteran.
hemipteran
hemipteran
adj
Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous
noun
A hemipter.
hemitropal
hemitropal
adj
Of a crystal: having one part in reverse position with reference to the other part; twinned.
heptameron
heptameron
noun
A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
heptameter
heptameter
noun
a line or verse containing seven metrical feet
heptatrema
hermatypic
hermatypic
adj
(marine biology) Of a coral that is a species that builds coral reefs
homopteran
homopteran
noun
Any insect of the former hemipteran order Homoptera.
homotropal
homotropal
adj
homotropous
hypaethrum
impairment
impairment
noun
(accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.
A deterioration or weakening
A disability or handicap
The result of being impaired
an inefficient part or factor.
impapyrate
imparities
imparities
noun
plural of imparity
impartable
impartable
adj
Capable of being imparted.
impartance
impartance
noun
impartation
impartible
impartible
adj
capable of being imparted or communicated; impartable.
not partible; not subject to partition; indivisible
impartibly
impartibly
adv
So as not to be parted or divided.
impartment
impartment
noun
The act of imparting something, or the thing imparted; disclosure.
imperation
imperation
noun
Synonym of empire
The action of governing or commanding; governance.
imperative
imperative
adj
(computing theory) Having semantics that incorporates mutable variables.
(grammar) Of, or relating to the imperative mood.
Essential; crucial; extremely important.
Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.
noun
(countable) An essential action, a must: something which is imperative.
(countable, grammar) A verb in imperative mood.
(uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.
imperatory
imperatory
adj
(archaic) imperative
imperatrix
imperatrix
noun
(historical or archaic) female equivalent of imperator; empress
imperialty
imperialty
noun
People of imperial rank, plus their families, treated as a group.
The rank, status, power or authority of an imperial.
impetrable
impetrable
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being obtained or influenced by petition.
impetrated
impetrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of impetrate
impetrator
impetrator
noun
One who impetrates.
implorator
implorator
noun
(obsolete) One who implores.
importable
importable
adj
(obsolete) Insupportable, unbearable.
Capable of being imported.
noun
Something that can be imported.
importably
importably
adv
(obsolete) Insupportably; unbearably.
importance
importance
noun
Something of importance.
The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note.
personal status or standing.
significance or prominence.
importancy
importancy
noun
(obsolete) That which is important.
(obsolete) importance; significance
imprecated
imprecated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of imprecate
imprecates
imprecates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imprecate
imprecator
imprecator
noun
One who imprecates or curses.
impregnant
impregnant
adj
(obsolete) Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile.
noun
(obsolete) That which impregnates.
impregnate
impregnate
verb
(intransitive, dated) To become pregnant.
(transitive) To cause to become pregnant.
(transitive) To fertilize.
(transitive) To fill pores or spaces with a substance.
(transitive) To saturate, or infuse.
imprimatur
imprimatur
noun
(by extension) Any mark of official approval.
(printing) An official license to publish or print something, especially when censorship applies.
impuberate
impuberate
adj
not puberate
impuration
impuration
noun
(obsolete) The act of making impure; defilement; obscuration.
intemporal
inwrapment
jumpmaster
jumpmaster
noun
One who supervises the jumping of paratroopers or other parachutists from an aeroplane.
lamprotype
laparotome
laparotome
noun
(surgery) A surgical instrument for performing laparotomy.
laparotomy
laparotomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.
macrophyte
macrophyte
noun
(biology) Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one.
macroptery
macroptery
noun
The condition of being macropterous
malapertly
malapertly
adv
In a malapert manner.
manstopper
manstopper
noun
A weapon, bullet, dog, etc. that can quickly and reliably incapacitate a person.
manucaptor
manucaptor
noun
(law, obsolete) In English common law, a person empowered to take bail and capture a person who forfeits it.
manuscript
manuscript
adj
Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.
noun
A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.
maplecrest
mariposite
mariposite
noun
(mineralogy) A chromium-rich variety of mica, giving a green color to the generally white dolomitic marble in which it is commonly found.
marprelate
marsupiata
marsupiate
marsupiate
Noun
marsupial
martyrship
martyrship
noun
martyrdom.
mastership
mastership
noun
(obsolete) Chief work; masterpiece.
A title of respect, sometimes ironic.
Mastery: dominion, superiority, control.
Mastery: superior skill.
The state or office of a master.
matronship
matronship
noun
matronage
maupertuis
mecopteran
mecopteran
noun
Any of the carnivorous insects in the order Mecoptera
mehtarship
mehtarship
noun
The role or status of a mehtar.
mercaptide
mercaptide
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) thiolate
mercaptids
mercaptole
mercaptole
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) dithioketal
metacarpal
metacarpal
adj
Of the metacarpus.
noun
Any of the bones of the metacarpus
metacarpus
metacarpus
noun
(anatomy) The five bones that form the intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.
metagraphy
metagraphy
noun
(art, countable) metagraphics; hypergraphy
(linguistics, uncountable) Symbolism that has no counterpart in speech.
(obsolete, rare, uncountable) Synonym of transliteration
metamorphy
metamorphy
noun
The quality of being metamorphic.
metaphoric
metaphoric
adj
Synonym of metaphorical
metaphragm
metaphrase
metaphrase
noun
An answering phrase; repartee.
a literal, word-for-word translation.
verb
to make such a literal translation.
metaphrast
metaphrast
noun
A person who uses metaphrase to re-cast a text in a different form, for example from poetry to prose.
metapleura
metapleura
noun
plural of metapleuron
metapleure
metapleure
noun
A longitudinal fold at the junction of the ventral and lateral surfaces of a lancelet
metatrophy
meteograph
metropathy
metropathy
noun
(medicine) Synonym of metropathia
microtypal
misparting
misparting
verb
present participle of mispart
monopteral
monopteral
adj
(architecture) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; said especially of a temple.